The Ministry of Energy has prepared a draft law that would freeze gas prices for households in 2027. Compensation for sellers would be partly covered by a new 10% levy on the revenues of the largest gas importers.
What draft UD501 proposes
The assumptions of the draft act on special protection of certain gas fuel consumers in 2027 were entered on Friday, 6 November, into the register of legislative and programme work of the Council of Ministers (number UD501). The ministry explains that this is a response to instability in the European and global gas market and the risk of a significant increase in costs for end consumers. The government is planned to adopt the draft in Q4 2026.
The maximum price would apply throughout 2027 to settlements with protected customers: households, housing communities and housing cooperatives, and entities performing public tasks, such as schools and hospitals. Its level would follow from the ex officio tariff of the seller approved by the President of URE for 2026. According to industry reports, this refers to the myOrlen tariff and a price of about PLN 197.27 per MWh, while the BASE contract for 2027 on the Polish Power Exchange is priced at about PLN 324 per MWh. The amounts require confirmation in the document.
10% of importers’ revenues
To finance compensation for sellers who apply the maximum price, the draft adds a mechanism limiting windfall profits. The levy would amount to 10% of the net revenues of companies holding a licence to trade gas with foreign countries that sell high-methane gas in Poland.
Companies holding capacity rights at entry points to the national transmission system below 10% of the total capacity of those points would be exempt from the obligation. The burden would therefore fall mainly on the largest importers. According to “Rzeczpospolita”, the biggest payer will probably be Orlen, which could pay PLN 3–4 billion; this is the newspaper’s estimate, not data from the draft.
Energy Minister Miłosz Motyka said a similar mechanism had already operated in Poland and that the aim is to ensure redirected profits do not hit companies’ investment schedules. According to reports, the total cost of the intervention is estimated at about PLN 6 billion.
Tariffs until 2030
The draft also envisages extending gas tariff regulation for households and vulnerable customers until 31 December 2030. Current rules assume the regulation will expire at the end of 2027.
Earlier, we wrote that an analyst estimated a gas tariff increase of about 35%, and the 2027 exchange contract was the most expensive since 2023. The draft is the result of cooperation between the ministries of energy, finance and state assets. Motyka announced that the law is to go to parliament as early as November. The freeze still requires adoption by the government and passage by the Sejm, and then the president’s signature.
